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The low down on the down low: Origins, risk identification and intervention

John BarnshawDepartment of Sociology, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, US
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Lynn LetukasDepartment of Sociology and Criminal Justice, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, US
Pages 478-490 | Received 08 Apr 2010, Accepted 05 Nov 2010, Published online: 17 Dec 2014

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Chong-suk Han, Scott E. Rutledge, Lisa Bond, Jennifer Lauby & Archana Bodas LaPollo. (2013) You’re Better Respected When You Carry Yourself as a Man: Black Men’s Personal Accounts of the Down Low “lifestyle”. Sexuality & Culture 18:1, pages 89-102.
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Cerise L. Glenn & Andrew R. Spieldenner. (2013) An Intersectional Analysis of Television Narratives of African American Women with African American Men on “the Down Low”. Sexuality & Culture 17:3, pages 401-416.
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